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sitting on my parents boat, in the middle of the San Juan islands. the ocean my sweetie when one of the boy's I work with tries to kiss me with his teeth. a sunset over Water

Wow, funnyduddies I can totally see that. You have the most beautiful hair!!! I always wanted hair like that. People have always said I look like Rosie O'Donnell, which I took as a compliment. Dunno????

If you have a Trader Joe's nearby, they have a very inexpensive pure soy protien powder that you can mix into just about anything. It doesn't have much taste, but mixes into stuff well. Also, if you have a blender, if you get a few blueberries or some frozen fruit, soy milk and silken (very important, silken) tofu and mix it comes out like pudding.

Has anyone tried the Kashi TLC Crunchy granola bars? They are so good. I haven't had my band yet, but the pumpkin flax bars are 180 calories, 0.5 saturated fat, 4 grms of Fiber and 6 of Protein. They are super filling, and crunchy goodness. I hope I can still have them post-band, because I eat them all the time. Pumpkin flax and roasted almond are my favs, but they have a Peanut Peanut one that looks good.

From a different perspective: I am not a man, but have been told on a number of occasions that I think like one. (I am not sure if that is good or bad really). I am gay, that is important here because of this subject, I am also married to a wonderful woman, who could have a scar all over her body, and I wouldn't care.. BUT!! When I was in my younger, much less married days, I had my fair share of singles nights, you know, wink wink. One woman had been in a fire, and had no left breast and major scarring on her chest and back. This was not a relationship, just a fling. The first time we were getting naked, she took her shirt off and said "It's from a fire, when I was 10" and sorta stood there for a minute. I said "oh, ok" and that was it. What's the point? If you are in a situation that skin is going to be shown, the person there already decided that they find you attractive. If you are in a bikini situations, trust me, they aren't looking at your scars. If you stress and worry about the scars, then they will focus on them too, but if you just rock your bikini, or your lack of bikini, there are much more interesting things to look at. Men are like dogs, they can sense fear. Don't be afraid, cause he is just happy you are there and naked.

We got our tickets!!!! We are confirmed, surgery on Aug. 10th in Puerto Vallarta (i can't spell) with Dr. Joya!!!!!!!!! I am so excited, to have the actual time to get on the plane, it makes it seem real! Plus, we get to fly first class on the way home!!!!!!!! I have always wanted to do that, but it is so expensive. I am so happy and excited!

Wow, that is exciting. Although, I am jealous, because I want to move out of the States when I finish my degree! I would love to go live away for a while. Unfortunatly, my degree is in a US/Canada specific field, so too bad for me!

I have been telling just about everyone, and in the discussions that come up, I use a line someone on this board used. "The surgery is not a cure, but it will help me to eat like a thin person normally does." I also tell people that it doesn't have the same food restrictions as gastric bypass, and that it isn't a cure-all. That I am hoping it will help me eat less, because my problem isn't eating "good food" but eating SO much. You know, you can still get fat eating healthy, trust me. I have done it. I think that in my conversations, I have been saying so much about how it does nothing but make your stomach smaller so that you eat a smaller portion. That way the food police can't say crap, because I can eat what I want, just less of it. We all know there is restrictions to what and how to eat, but I don't get into all of that with them. I just say it is a tool to help me eat less.

I think that instead of focusing on fat/thick/fluffy whatever, focus on strong. Show your daughter women who are strong, some good examples are the women of the WNBA. Very few of them are skinny women, in fact, most of them are bigger, as they must be strong. Give your daughter role models who aren't Brittney Spears or Nicole Richey, but women who are strong and active. There are so many female athletes out there. I used to go to the WNBA games all the time with my former step-son, and he started telling me one day about how his friends said his favorite player was fat, and he said "she may not be skinny, but she could kick your a**". I think that we (society) have decided that women must be skinny to be valued. By teaching your five year old that she can be strong; strong minded, strong valued, strong willed, strong body, you will be doing her the best service of her life. I was watching Oprah a while back and there was a thing about how 4 year olds are starting to be diagnosed with eating disorders, and it made me so sad.

What a good idea. I need to find a living will and have us both do it. During the whole Terry thing, I told EVERYONE I knew, friends, parents, now all of you, if that ever happens to me, I DO NOT!! want to be kept like that. A lot of it comes from the fact that I work with people with severe mental and physical disabilities. The three men in our house are 20, 19 and 9 and all of them function on about a 1 year old level. I love them, and am happy they are around, but would not want to live that life.

That is funny because just last night we were talking about how we need to put our clothes into bins, so that we know what size they are, and then when we leave that size for good, the bin goes to Goodwill (or ebay).

Me too! My partner and i are being banded on the same day Aug. 10th by Dr. Joya in Mexico. I can hardly wait! I am so excited. It feels like we are starting a new life. It is funny, because all of a sudden we are organizing the house, our bills, everything that we have been brushing off to the side. It is almost like we are nesting. I feel like I have been hiding in my messy house for so long, afraid to be me, and now this band is giving me hope for the first time... Hope for: walking without hurting keeping up with my skinny friends Not having people feel like they have to slow down to walk with me. finally getting on stage and doing the stand up act I have been writing for the past 10 years. acting again not having to think about where to shop, just going and buying clothes not having to worry about having a heart attack at any time. I am so excited, I am jumpy!:biggrin1: :biggrin1: :biggrin1: :biggrin1:

I think my favorite Kevin Spacy movie ever is American Beauty. sigh. Something about that movie....I tried to watch it the other night when this thread started, and my old VHS copy was all messed up! Grrr! I just watched a new movie called LolliLove the other night, it was made by the girl who plays Pam on the Office...Jenna something, anyway...it was quite funny. Well, if you like wierd mockumentries.

I haven't gotten to it yet, but I can tell you what I am really looking forward to.. being able to go the thrift shops and buy old t-shirts and such. I love old vintage clothes, and can't get into any of them now. I can't wait!

I am going to have sushi on the last night before my pre-op diet. I will miss that the most i think...sigh....

My mom always said this, and I think it is a good place to put it. For people who get frustrated with exercise, or think "i am not strong enough" blah blah. I am pre-band, and right now my weight is E, for error, so we know I am over 350. Think about how much that is. I weight over 170 lbs more than I should, so I am walking around with an extra 170lbs on my back. I am strong!!!! Once the band is in place, and my real weight loss starts (now, I am pre-pre-op dieting, so I am losing a little), I will still have all of the muscles from when I carried around that extra person, but if I don't continue to go to the gym, I will lose that muscle. I know I have a toned body, it is just hidden right now.

Hi all. My name is SB and I am 31...married (at least in Canada) to a wonderful woman for 3 years, and currently living in the middle of humid hell, or Missouri as you may know it as. We have no kids yet (plan on adopting in 2 years) but one lazy dog. We will both be banded in Mexico with Dr. Joya on Aug 10th or 11th. Currently I weight E. That is all my scale will tell me. I assume that means over 350. We started eating low-fat/low-sugar recently to prepare for the pre-op diet. We both work at home taking care of 3 mentally retarded young men, and I also go to school. I am finishing my BS degree in American Sign Language Interpretation.

I'm in. I just PMed you with my stuff...oh, but not my address...duhhhhhh

Movies!!! I love movies! My favorites: Office Space Dogma Crash The Princess Bride Southern Comfort (documentary) really, pretty much any documentary American Beauty American History X Death to Smoochy The life of David Gale Election Ok, I think that is all. for now. I use American Beauty to decide if I want to watch movies with my friends. If you loved it, then I know that we will have similar tastes, if you hated it, the I just don't watch movies with you, because you have bad taste. :heh: :heh: :heh:

Mine is boring, just my name. For a long time I used jyfulgrl, but my personality has changed quite a bit, so now it doesn't really fit. Plus, I have a super cool last name (thank you...my wife and I picked it ourselves).

Lets see. I work at home taking care of 3 severely mentally retarded men, I manage the house and the staff as well as providing direct care. And I go to school to become an American Sign Language Interpreter. Oh, and during the summer I work full time at our local electric company. It is not uncommon for me to work 24 hours a day, 5 days a week. (I get to sleep "on the clock")

Ever since I decided to go ahead and get the surgery, I have been thinking about this a lot. Most of mine are the same, but here ya go. 1. I love to travel, which I have avoided because of airplane seats and because I am to embarrassed to admit that walking up a short hill tires me out. 2. Clothes shopping. I hate to buy clothes because they are so ugly. Fat doesn't equal blind! 3. My parents live on a sail boat, and I avoid visiting because I am too heavy for the ladder that goes down into the cabin. And when I step onto the boat it about tips over. 4. Soon, I will be done with my degree (at 32, go me!) and my new job will require standing in front of people. Not so much something I want to do at my weight now. Not to mention I don't know if I could stand for an hour and a half straight. 5. Exercise. I love to bike, hike, canoe, kayak...none of which I can do now. 6. Act. Be on stage. When I was younger, I was always onstage for something. I acted, I wrote, I was amazing...but then I got fat. No one wants the fatty onstage. 7. Sit cross legged on the ground with friends. Yeah, I can't get up without help, and my legs fall asleep. 8. Finally go do stand up comedy. I have wanted to do this for years, but I don't want to be a "fat comic". Ok, that is good for now.

My partner and I are (once we get the money from my credit union to put down the deposit) planning to be banded together on Aug 11th in PV Mexico, by Dr. Joya. We can't wait. We both have been "last suppering" it horribly! But yesterday we started eating low-fat/lower-carb for the next two weeks, then we are on a two-week pre-op liquid diet. I am not looking forward to that at all! I am excited to finally see the light at the end of the tunnel...this band is giving me hope I haven't had in years!